Global scope

Global scope

Global scope

The global scope is a special application scope that identifies applications developed
prior to application scoping or applications intended to be accessible to all other global
applications.

Applications in the global scope do not append a unique namespace identifier to the application
name. Global applications can have naming conflicts and data collisions when developers create
multiple global applications with the same name.

Since all global applications are in the same application, they bypass scope protections.
Global applications allow other global applications access to their tables to

Read records

Run API requests

Create configuration records

Typically, only applications provided by ServiceNow are in the global scope, however
any custom applications created before application scope was implemented are also in the global
scope.

Applications in the global scope are also not eligible for upload to the application repository
or the ServiceNow Store.